Apparatus for handling glassware



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APPARATUS FOR HANDLING GLASSWARE.

APPLICATION FILED AFR.27 i917.

Patented July 15, 1919.

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APPARATUS FOR HANDLING GLASSWARE.

APPLlCATlON FILED APR.27. 1911. I

Patented July 15, 1919.

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APPLICATION FILED APR.27. 191?- Patented July 15, 1919.

3 SHEETSSHEET 3- RICHARD LA FRANCE, 0F TOLEDO,

OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE OWENS BOTTLE MACHINE comm, or TOLEDO, 01110, A CORPORATION or OHIO.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING GLASSWARE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 27,1917. Seria1No.16'4 ,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD LA FRANCE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Handling Glassware, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to apparatus for handling glass, articles, and more particularly to a switching device or mechanism to receive bottles or other glass articles as they are delivered from a glass forming machine, and direct them alternately to setting-updevices by which they are placed in an upright position to be conveyed to an annealing oven or leer.

It is the practice to provide in connection with some automatic glass forming machines, as for example, the Owens bottle machine, means for receiving the bottles as they are discharged from the machine and setting them in an-upright position in the path of an endless conveyer by which they are transferred to an annealing oven. Such setting-up mechanism receives the bottles or other glass articles in an inclined or horizontal position and swings them through an arc to an upright position. It has been found in practice that in order to take care of the bottles or other articles as fast as they are delivered from some blowing or. forming machines, requires a too rapid ployed, and the bott es as received from the forming machine are dischar ed onto an oscillating troughoi chute, which directs the articles alternately to the setting-up devices. This trough or switch is operated in synchronism with the forming machine and in its preferred form comprises a cam connected to a shaft driven by the machine, and operating connections between the cam and trough for switching the trough alternately from one discharge position to the other.

trough by means of a cam 12 3) fixed to a drive shaft 13. The cam actu- Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan View of a construct1on embodying the principles of my invention. I I

Fig. 2 is an elevation of the oscillating trough or switch.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the cam mechanlsm for operating the switch shown in Fig. 2.

Fig. i is a part sectional elevation of the mechanism as viewed from the left hand side of Fig. l.

The bottles or other articles as they are delivered from the glass blowing or form ing machine are depositedsem'atim on an oscillating. trough or switch 5. The latter directs the bottles alternately to setting-up mechanisms comprising tilting receivers or pans 6 and 7 and swinging cradles 8 and 9, by which the bottles are set in an upright position to be. engaged by an endless conveyer 10' and carried to an annealing oven or leer.

The two setting-up mechanisms are similar to each other in construction and operation, and are also similar to the setting-up mechanism shown in the patent to Lamb, 1,091,671. It has been found in practice that a single setting-up device such as shown in said patent, cannot be operated satisfactorily at 'sufiicient speed to take care of the bottles as delivered by some automatic machines. The bottles if swung too rapidly to an upright position tend to topple over as they are placed on the platform over which the conveyer travels. They also need to be handled with some care, owing to their soft, plastic condition. The present invention avoids the above difiiculty by providing the two setting-up devices, in combination with the oscillating switch by which the bottles are directed alternately to said devices.

This switch or trough 5 is mounted on a vertical rock shaft 11. The trough is adjustable'i-n the direction of its length and may also be adjusted to different inclinations by means of the connections shown in Fig. 2. The shaft 11 is rocked to oscillate the (Figs. 1 and ates a slide 14 carrying a roller 15 hearing against the cam, sald slide reciprocating on a squared bearing 16 mounted on the drive Patented July 15, 1919.

' against the cam. T e shaft 13 is driven by or in synchronism with the bottle forming or blowing machine so that two bottles are delivered to the switch durin each complete rotation of the shaft. The bottles as they slide down the switch 5 are delivered alternately to the pan 6 and a chute 20, the latter delivering its bottles to the pan 7. The floor of the pan or receiver 7 while in its bottle receiving position is approximately horizontal or somewhat inclined. The bottles pass down the switch 5 and chute 20 neck first onto the receiver 7, the neck end of the bottle striking against an upwardly projecting stop block 22 on said receiver. The IGCGIVGII 7 is mounted on a horizontal pivot 23 to tilt (as shown in Fig. 4) and cause the bottle to swing or roll thereon to a position substantially at right angles to that in which it is received, thereby transferring the bottle to the cradle 9. A shield or stop plate 25 projecting'from the stop 22 limits this rolling movement of the bottle. The tilting movement of the receiver 7 about its axis 23 is efiected by a cam 26 on the drive shaft 13, said cam operating through a link 27 and an arm 28 projecting downwardly from said receiver.

When the bottle rolls onto the cradle 9 the bottom of the bottle bears against a cushioning spring 29 on a quadrant shaped guide 30. The cradle is swung upwardly to .carry the bottle u and set it in an upr1ght position on a plat orm 31, the bottom of the bottle moving along the guide 30 during this movement. The cradle 9 is carried by an arm 32 on a rock shaft 33 to which is also secured a rock arm 34connected through a link 35 to aslide 36 carrying a roll 37 bearing on a cam 38 on the drive shaft. This cam is formed to cause the desired swinging movement of the cradle 9.

The bottles are carried from. the table 31 to the leer by means of'paddles 45 on an endless conveyer 39 which may be driven by a sprocket wheel 40 fixed to a shaft 41 to which is also keyed a gear wheel 42 driven by a pinion 43 on a drive shaft 44.

In connection with the receiver 7, 1 provide a guard plate 46 to prevent premature rolling of the bottles on the receiver. Said guard plate is carried by an arm 47 pivoted at 48 to a standard 49. An arm 50 connected to the receiver and projecting laterally therefrom, is connected through a link 51 to the arm 47 so that as the receiver 7 is tilted (as hereinbefore explained).the link the receiver 7 and guard plate 46 to their normal positions.

The construction and operation of the setting-up mechanism comprising the receiver .6 and cradle 8 are substantially like those of -ceive the bottles alternately from the cradles 8 and 9.

Variations may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention, and some parts may be used without others.

What I claim is 1. Bottle handling apparatus to which bottles are delivered semtdm, said apparatus comprising a switch, cradles, a conveyer, means to operate the switch and cause it to direct the bottles alternately to the cradles, and means to actuate the cradles and cause them to deliver the bottles to the conveyer.

2. Bottle handling apparatus to which bottles are delivered serz'atz'm, said apparatus comprising a switch, receiving devices, means to actuate said switch and cause it to direct the bottles alternately to the receiving devices, the bottles being received by said devices in a cumbent position, cradles, means to tilt said receiving devices and cause the bottles thereon to be delivered to the cradles, a conveyer, and means to actuate the cradles to swing the bottles from a cumbent to an upright position and deliver them to the conveyer in said upright position.

' 3. In bottle handling apparatus the combination with a conveyer, of cradles, switching mechanism to direct the bottles alternately to said cradles, swinging arms carrying said cradles, and means to actuate said arms and swmg the cradles from bottle receiving position and deliver the bottles to the conveyer, said receiving position being at different distances from the conveyer and the cradles mounted to swing through arcs of different radial lengths to bring all the bottles to the conveyer.

4. Bottle handling apparatus to which bottles are delivered serz'atirm, said apparatus comprising a switch, cradles, a conveyer, means to operate the switch and cause it to deliver the bottles alternately to the cradles, a cam shaft, cams thereon, and connections between said cams and the cradles for actuating the latter and causing them to deliver the bottles to the conveyer, said cams timed to actuate the cradles alternately.

5. Bottle handlin apparatus to which bottles are delivered, said apparatus comprising a switch, receiving devices, means to actuate the" switch and cause it to direct the bottles alternately to the receiving devices,

the bottles being received by said devices in the bottles from a cumbent to an upright poa cumbent posltion, cradles, a conveyr, a sition and deliver them to'the conveyer in cam shaft, cams on said shaft operativeto said upright position.

tilt said receiving devices and cause the Signed at Toledo, in the county of Lucas 5 bottles thereon to be delivered to the cradles, and State of Ohio, this 24th day of April,

and additional cams on said shaft arranged 1917.

to actuate the cradles alternately to swing RICHARD LA FRANCE. 

